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prefix

Letter or group of letters that can be added to the beginning of a word to make a new word. For example, overtime, outrage, nonsense.

Prefixes and suffixes are generally referred to as affixes. More than one prefix can be used in a word; for example, undisguised, incontrovertible.



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I thought it therefore agreeable, to my Affection, and Obligation to your Grace, to prefix your Name before them, both in English, and in Latine.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
Notwithstanding your constant refusal, when I have asked leave to prefix your name to this dedication, I must still insist on my right to desire your protection of this work.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
In reading he grasped a word in its entirety; but when he spoke the words he had learned from the books of his father, he pronounced each according to the names he had given the various little bugs which occurred in it, usually giving the gender prefix for each.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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